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Cartography: Digital Mapping
February 15, 2009
Joe Fraser
Description of the Exercise
Calculating a habitat corridor requires a the habitat of deer.
number of variables. First, two areas of suitable Corridor impedance is a grid made from
habitat must be determined. Secondly, a path variables detrimental to the habitat of deer. Paved
between these two areas must be mapped, roads serve vehicle traffic, and deer need to be a
connecting the two in a corridor. The suitable certain distance from a source of water the
habitat grid is made up of four variables in this protection of the forest.
exercise: proximity to dirt roads, water, and forest The overall goal of the exercise is to find the
edge, and the fourth variable is percentage of slope. best path according to the variables of suitability
Each of these is ranked from 1 to 10, with lower and impedance to connect two existing habitats.
numbers assigned to the cells most favourable to
Figure 8: “road_suit”
Figure 13 “water_suit”
Figure 34a: Clean Polygons Menu Figure 34b: Clean Polygons Menu
Figure 34c: Clean Polygons Menu Figure 34d: Clean Polygons Menu
Corridor Impedance
Source Data:
- Terrain Data DEM from NSCC AVC LAN
- NSGC Contours and Hydrography
- Department of Natural Resources: Forcov.shp and Biosys.shp
- LANDSAT DATA 7TM for deriving Orchard.shp